Economists embrace dull image in Wake Forest study
Wake Forest researchers list nine traits of a boring personality and economist Robert Dederick of Northern Trust in Chicago confirms the pattern. He notes passivity, a tedious vocal manner, self deprecation, excessive seriousness, banality in talk, negative egocentrism, and occasional joking deflecting scrutiny, while defending economists as necessary to keep reality in view.
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